TOP TEN COUNTRIES BY LIFE AND NONLIFE DIRECT PREMIUMS WRITTEN, 2011 (1)

(U.S. $ millions)

Total premiums

Rank

Country

Life premiums

Nonlife premiums (2)

Amount

Percent change
from prior year

Percent of total
world premiums

1

United States (3),(4)

$537,570

$667,107

$1,204,677

3.7%

26.2%

2

Japan (4),(6)

524,668

130,741

655,408

14.7

14.26

3

United Kingdom (4)

210,067

109,486

319,553

6.4

6.95

4

France (4)

174,753

98,359

273,112

-3.6

5.94

5

Germany (5)

113,869

131,292

245,162

4.3

5.34

6

P.R. China (5)

134,539

87,319

221,858

3.4

4.83

7

Italy

105,089

55,426

160,514

-7.9

3.49

8

South Korea (6)

79,161

51,223

130,383

13.3

2.84

9

Canada (4),(7)

52,167

69,045

121,213

6.6

2.64

10

Netherlands

31,210

79,722

110,931

8.5

2.41

(1) Before reinsurance transactions.
(2) Includes accident and health insurance. Does not correspond to grouping of U.S. data shown elsewhere in the book.
(3) Life premiums include an estimate of group pension business; nonlife premiums include state funds.
(4) Estimated.
(5) Provisional.
(6) April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012.
(7) Life insurance premiums are net premiums.